Apparently just because he only has a few months left in office, our very own President Bush has decided that he can do whatever the hell he wants. Not that anything has ever really slowed him down, but this in particular pisses me off.

He has openly declared, by vetoing this bill, that he condones torture. this is America! Aren’t we supposed to stand against that kind of thing? What kind of image is he projecting to the world by doing this? It’s been on the news all day.

My father and I got into a bit of a tiff earlier about this, in fact. He said, “Good. At least they’re doing something. If they get information from those people it’s worth it.”
I was a little upset. First, torture doesn’t mean that the people that they’re interrogating are telling the truth. Think about it. If you’re under torture, are you going to tell the truth, or are you going to tell your torturers what they want to hear?

Secondly, a lot of people that they interrogate don’t have anything to do with terrorist activities. They can just pick someone up out of the countryside in Iraq and label hi ma terrorist if they so feel like it. Not that that is particularly happening, although I’m sure it has, but it’s possible.

Third, torture is just wrong. How can you do something like that to another living being? No matter what someone’s done, they shouldn’t be tortured. Other human beings don’t have any kind of a right to do that to anyone. Who’s judgement call is it? On who’s shoulders does the blame lie?

Well, there are my thoughts on the matter. This was a despicable action on Bush’s part, and although over these eight years I’ve done my best to be fair-minded and give him a fighting chance, this is the straw that broke the proverbial camel’s back. It’s a bad political move, a bad move for the morale of our country, and a bad personal move. He couldn’t have made a worse decision if he’d tried.